The Cook Political Report shifted its rating for two key U.S. Senate races on Monday, moving Pennsylvania’s race from “lean Democrat” to “toss up” and the race in Nebraska’s from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican.”
Fox News’s Martha MacCallum spoke to her panel Monday about the shift, noting, “This is just coming in from the Cook Political Report. They have just moved the Pennsylvania Senate race that is Casey and McCormick to tossup from leans Democrat. Nebraska’s Senate has moved to lean Republican. Give me a sense of what you’re feeling as we are 15 days out right now.”
Wall Street Journal editor at larger Gerard Baker replied, “Yeah. Look, I think that Pennsylvania number from the Cook Report is very significant. It had been Bob Casey , the incumbent Democrat, had been has been leading in all of the polls that it has been all the polls in since for the last 2 or 3 months since David McCormick, the Republican, got the Republican nomination.”
“He’s been behind in the polls, but he’s been closing the gap,” Baker continued, adding: